highly significantp = 1.20e−5
Interestingly, when assessing whether the sex of an individual contributes to its methylation level, we found a highly significant sex effect at VM-IAP Rnf157 whereby males are more likely to exhibit higher methylation levels than females (p = 1.20e−5; q = 2.16e−4; Figures 6 G, S5 B, and S5C).